Oscillating toy.



`C. D. OBRIEN, JR. & G. R. OBRIN.

l OSCILLATING TOY.

A PPL'CATION FILED FEB. I3, 1918.

' Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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CHRISTOPHER D. OBRIEN, JR., AND GERALD R. OBRIEN, 0F ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

oscILLATING TOY.

Patented Dem-3,l 1918.

Application led February 13, 1918. Serial N o. 216,969.

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHRISTOPHER D. OBRIEN, Jr., and GERALD R. OBRIEN, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oscillating Toys, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to a new and useful oscillating toy.

It is our further object to provide a toy comprising a manikin seated in stable equilibrium upon an oscillatory support, one end of which rests upon a stationary fulcrum.

More specifically, our object is to provide such a 4toy embodying a grotesque figure representing a fisherman holding a pole and line with a fish attached and so counterweighted as to teeter upon the rim of a provide tumbler or similar receptacle with the linev and fish suspended within said receptacle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of our device, the dotted lines illustrating the manikin at one end of its swing; and Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Referring to the drawings, we have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate a transparent reservoir, such as a common drinking glass or tumbler, partially filled with water 11. The toy is supportedupon the edge of said glass and comprises -a stati' 12with one end u on the upper edge of the wall of said tum'bllr and a manikin 13 mounted upon the opposite end of said stati' with its legs 14 inclined downward and forward and spread apart to swing upon each sideof said reservoir. v The arms l5 of said manikin are shown holding a fish pole 16, which projects above the reservoir 10 and is provided with a fish line 17 suspended over said reservoir with an imitation fish 18 attached to the lower end of the line. The body and legs of the manikin 13 are constructed of light material such as pasteboard or papier mch, or these parts may consist of a wire frame clothed with any suitable material, such as textile fabric. The feet 19 and the fish 18 are of heavyvmaterial, such as lead,

and are positioned upon opposite side of `sisting of feet staff, a manikin mounted the center of gravity or point of support of the manikin from that of the body and upperl portion of the legs of said manilrin. The function of such weighted feet and fish is, of course, to counterbalance the weight of the body 18, legs 14 and stai 12, which are upon the opposite side of said center of gravity.

en the manikin is at rest (solid lines, Fig. 1), the fish 18 is submerged in the water 11.

When" the equilibrium 0f the devioevis dis- I turbed, as, for instance, by pressure upon the figure 13, said figure teeters up and down, the fish 18 being raised from the water at each downward movement of the manikin and dropped back into the water upon the return movement. Such oscillations gradually decrease until the equilibrium of the device is I'established.

The staii' 12 and pole 16 may be permanently attached t0 said manikin 13, or may be removably inserted into bores in the body and hands respectively of the figure. When constructed in the latter manner, the toy maybe taken apart for compact shipment in a box and assembled by a purchaser.

Having described our invention, what we claim asnew and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: y

1. Ina device of the class described, a

transparent reservoir, an oscillatory manikin supported upon one edge of said reservoil` with the thereof on one. side -of said reservoir, a counterweight for -said body portion constraddling said reservoir, and a pendent body within said reservoir.

2. In a device of the class described, a reservoir, an oscillating figure resting upon one edge 0f said reservoir and comprising` a on one end of said staff outside said reservoir, a projecting pole above said reservoir, a line attached to said pole and passing into said reservoir, an

major portion ofthe body s obiect suspended on the end of said line wit-hin said reservoir,l and means on said ligure for counterbalanclng sald' figure.

3. In a device of the class described, a

reservoir, a stal" fulcrumed at one end on said reservoir, a figure secured upon the opposite end of said sta, legs on sald figure projecting toward said reservoir and divergng to lie upon each side of said reservoir, 5 Weigh-ted feet on said legs to counterbalance the Weight of said figure and sta, a pole projectng from said figure above Said reservoir,

Voir from said pole.

Whereof, We have hereunto subscribe 'names to this specification.

GERALD R. OBRIEN. 

